More Than Half a Million Votes Cast, Top 10 Videos Announced in Medline's National Pink Glove Dance Video Competition
Voting Ends Midnight Friday, Oct. 21, at www.pinkglovedance.com
(firmenpresse) - MUNDELEIN, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 10/20/11 -- Voting is toe to toe with only two days remaining in Medline Industries, Inc.'s national Pink Glove Dance video competition. More than half a million votes have been cast so far for the 139 videos competing in the national contest. The competition features more than 17,000 people from across the country -- from hospital CEOs showing "moves like Jagger" and a fire chief bringing new meaning to fireworks by shaking his groove thing to Katy Perry's hit song -- all dancing in pink gloves in the name of breast cancer awareness.
Sponsored by Medline -- the creator of the YouTube® sensation Pink Glove Dance and maker of the pink gloves -- the national competition includes submissions from hospitals, nursing homes, schools and other organizations from 40 states and Canada.
Below are links to the 10 videos with the most votes so far.
Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC
Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY
Victoria Hospital, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery with VT Marching, Blacksburg, VA
Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX
Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah, KY
Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, VA
San Juan Medical Foundation, Farmington, NM
Winslow Indian Healthcare Center, Winslow, AZ
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Voting, which is free and open to anyone with a Facebook® account, continues now through midnight, Friday, October 21. To view the videos and vote, go to .
Three winners will be announced on Friday, October 28. The first place team will receive a $10,000 donation in their name to the breast cancer charity of their choice.
"We are blown away with our support and voting numbers, which have been a huge surprise," said Tricia James, development specialist at Wooster Community Hospital in Wooster, Ohio. "We were never looking to place in the competition; our goal was just to complete a well-done video to promote breast cancer education and awareness. We feel so blessed to be involved in this great project!"
For every case of Medline's Generation Pink® gloves purchased, Medline will donate $1.00 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to fund free mammograms for underserved women. To date, Medline has donated more than $800,000 to the NBCF.
One part of Medline's national breast cancer awareness program, the original Pink Glove Dance video premiered in November 2009 and featured 200 Portland, Ore. hospital workers wearing pink gloves and dancing in support of breast cancer awareness and prevention. Today, that original video has more than 13 million views on YouTube® and has been the inspiration for hundreds of pink glove dance videos and breast cancer awareness events across the country. A sequel was produced last October featuring 4,000 healthcare workers and breast cancer survivors throughout North America.
As the nation's largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies, Medline is focused on helping to improve the quality of care for patients and residents. Breast cancer awareness is a natural extension of Medline's corporate mission to help save lives through the early detection of breast cancer. (Visit for details). Based in Mundelein, Ill., Medline manufactures and distributes more than 125,000 products to hospitals, extended care facilities, surgery centers, home care dealers and agencies and other markets.
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